Alliance Law Firm, Lawyers
representing the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, on Thursday described as false, news that its
client sued the President.
The Managing Partner of Alliance,
Dr Uche Val-Obi (SAN), in astatement in Lagos, said that his client pledged his
continued loyalty to the President and would fully cooperate with the incoming
Director, Mr Ben Omogo.
“Our attention has been drawn to
the false news making rounds that our client, Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive
Secretary (ES) of NHIS, has taken the Presidency to Court over his purported
suspension by the Governing Board.
“As Counsel to Prof. Yusuf, we
wish to place on record that there is no iota of truth in this story, and that
he has not taken the President or the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF) to Court as alleged.
“Instead, our Client had, through our firm,
approached the Federal High Court vide an originating summons filed on 29th
October 2018 in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1220/2018, with him as Plaintiff while
NHIS, Hon. Minister of Health, and Attorney General were named as defendants.
“By this action, he was
essentially seeking the judicial interpretation and determination of certain
questions pertaining the propriety or otherwise of the Governing Council’s
action in suspending him from office without Presidential approval or due
process.”
He said that having received a
letter from the SGF conveying a presidential directive that he proceeds on
administrative leave, his client welcomed the presidential intervention and
remained obligated to fully and strictly comply with the directives.
According to Val-Obi, Yusuf will
accordingly be proceeding on the Administrative Leave with effect from Monday,
Nov. 5, to give room to the Independent Fact-Finding Panel, set up to carry out
its important task of investigation.
“In view of this development, to
ensure that there is no interference with the work and finding of the panel and
as instructed by our client, we shall be taking prompt steps to suspend the
pending legal proceedings aforesaid,” he said.
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